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Sunday, 21 August 2016

Leaf patterns against a summer sky

The other day, for no particular reason, I was struck by the variety of leaf patterns on the trees in our garden, especially when seen from below against a clear summer sky. Perhaps it was because we haven't had many of those this year, or perhaps I just haven't had the time to sit and take casual notice.

I spent this afternoon amusing myself, converting the photos to black and white and upping the contrast levels in Adobe Photoshop. The most successful are posted here.

One of the trees is a delightful, late flowering tree, whose name I don't know. Even at this time of year, it has lovely acid green leaves and these large spikes of white flowers with pink centres. It is most definitely not a native tree and was planted around 40 years ago by the previous family to live in our house. If anyone can recognise it, I'd be delighted to know its name and where it comes from.

Very many thanks, Olga. I googled catalpa and up came a photo identical to mine, complete with the pink centres to the flowers. Strangely enough, it doesn't seem to yield long seedpods but maybe that's because there are no others locally for pollination?

Thank you Ricky in Winnipeg. Good to hear from you. These were taken in colour on my Panasonic bridge camera and then turned to black and white in Adobe Photoshop. I then adjusted light levels to maximise contrast ... so I guess you could say they're a cheat really, but fun nevertheless, and a great way to take images to interesting places!

About Me

I am currently fascinated by natural and urban landscape and by the impact we have on our surroundings. Through my work, I explore the pattern, structure and form created by our intervention and by our varying levels of sophistication as we effect change.
I have no idea what may be my next preoccupation. But that to me is the joy of it all.